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“ #GreaterSageGrouse are teetering on the brink of extinction, and their fate is inextricably linked to hundreds of other animals who rely on the sagebrush sea,” said Randi Spivak, public lands policy director @biologicaldiversity.org.”
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

#EndangeredSpecies
Trump Guts Protections for Greater Sage Grouse in Eight Western States
Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— The Trump administration released final plans today that strip protections for the imperiled greater sage grouse on about 50 million acres of federal publi...
biologicaldiversity.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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matthewpaulson.bsky.social
Female Northern Harrier Hawk giving me the eye. 🪶
December 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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meatballsalad.bsky.social
Distinguished Turkey Vulture perched atop a tree
#birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography
December 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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chuck4242.bsky.social
A Northern Flicker in flight from yesterday. Note the little bit of snow on its back.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin
A Northern Flicker in flight with snow in the background. The bird even has a little snow on its back.
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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"In birds, #microplastics have been found to accumulate in the lungs of herons, block the intestinal tracts of Ospreys, and scar the stomachs of shearwaters..."

Read @alicesunreports.bsky.social in @audubon.org: www.audubon.org/magazine/sci...

#Pollution #Herons #Ospreys #Shearwaters
Scientists Are Uncovering Microplastics in Backyard Birds
The tiny particles are widespread in waterbirds around the world. Now, research is finding them in neighborhood songbirds, too.
www.audubon.org
December 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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“ #HabitatLoss due to agricultural intensification and urbanization is arguably the biggest threat to birds, along with #ClimateChange,” says @spokenbird.bsky.social," a professor at @virginiatech.bsky.social.
emagazine.com/declining-u-...

#Pollution #ChirpUpForTheBirds #EndangeredSpecies
Declining U.S. Bird Populations Worry Environmentalists
Bird populations in the U.S. are facing alarming declines, falling by some 25% across the board since 1970.
emagazine.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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"Wisconsin’s winter birds transform cold, quiet days into something far richer." Drew Wood offers a list that can help you know what to expect and what kind of feeder/seed to use to attract them: a-z-animals.com/articles/whi...

#BirdWatching #BirdSpotting #BackyardBirding #Wisconsin #WinterBirds
Wintertime Wings: A Look at Wisconsin’s Cold Weather Birds
Check out the bird species you might see at your backyard feeder this winter in different parts of Wisconsin.
a-z-animals.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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“BIPOC Birders are a flock of humans connected to a flock of birds through the earth they share and the desire to survive and thrive together." Read more in this article by Jasmine Barnes in the @chicagoreader.com: chicagoreader.com/city-life/ch...

#BirdWatching #BirdLovers #BIPOCBirders #Birdsky
The frenzy and magic of birding - Chicago Reader
Even through the winter, Chicago BIPOC Birders fosters community through opportunities for bird-watching and connecting to nature.
chicagoreader.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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“Climate change ‘turns up the temperature’ on all the other threats that birds face. It’s the Great Multiplier…” Read more from @rheisman.bsky.social in @therevelator.org: therevelator.org/climate-chan...
#ClimateChange #HabitatLoss #ChirpUpForTheBirds
#BiodiversityCrisis #EndangeredSpecies
Studies: Extreme Weather Fueled by Climate Change Is Adding to Bird Declines • The Revelator
Scientists have typically pointed to habitat loss as the key factor behind the worldwide drop in bird populations worldwide, but climate change poses a second, closely linked threat.
therevelator.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Stripes, Northern flickers, which offer the bonus of "polka dots" in other views. 😊

#Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Birder
A Northern flicker viewed from behind, displaying feathers that appear to be strips. A male Northern flicker viewed from the front, displaying black polka dots in addition to its black crescent-shaped bib and "mustache" spot.
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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carolinemyoachim.bsky.social
A diptych of Cooper's Hawk photos, showing off the banded tail.

#BirdOfTheDay #stripes #PNW #BirdSky #nature #wildlife #photography #birds
Hawk perched on a curved piece of PVC pipe, facing mostly away from the viewer with head turned such that the bird is looking backwards more or less in profile. The bird has a pale breast and rich brown head, wings, and tail. The tail has dark and light brown stripes. Blurry greenery in the background. The same hawk from the previous photo, in a second image that was taken moments later as the bird takes off from the PVC pipe it was perched on. In this image, the bird is flying away from the viewer, tail feathers splayed to show the underside of the striped feathers. Wings and legs are also extended; the bird's head is blocked by the wing (and likely would have been cut off at the edge of the image anyway).
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Got one of these for all your phone locking or background needs.
A pelican diving about 2 inches about the water, nearly perfect reflection
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Top 10 Best Places in the U.S. for #BirdWatching? @jillglee.bsky.social picks:
1) Acadia National Park, ME
2) Bosque del Apache NWF, NM
3) Cape May, NJ
4) Cave Creek Canyon, AZ
5) Central Park, NY
6) Everglades NP, FL
7) Magee Marsh WA, OH
9) Point Reyes NS, CA
Details: www.msn.com/en-us/travel...
December 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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“This is not the time to reduce protections for birds and other wildlife,” Michael J. Parr of @abcbirds.bsky.social, said. “...many of our bird populations are in decline. Without strong protections, some of today’s threatened species may well become extinct.” More: abcbirds.org/news/esa-pro...
Proposed Endangered Species Act Rule Changes Pose Major Risks to Birds - American Bird Conservancy
Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced proposed rules that would severely weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA), one of the most eff...
abcbirds.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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measureofcalm.bsky.social
Since I’ve never even seen any #thrushes in my entire 62 years (sheltered life), I’m going to have to go with the alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme of #waders
#birds #EastCoastKin
A great egret wades in a salt marsh. Water in the foreground, golden grasses in the background.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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andries58.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Thrushes and the alternative is #waders
Dunlin, Bonte Strandloper Sanderling, Drieteenstrandloper Bar-tailed godwit, Rosse Grutto Curlew, Wulp
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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fraggenstein.bsky.social
A bit late but today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme has been #Thrushes and the alternative is #waders set by @alan678.bsky.social Here's a Song Thrush - photo taken at Forest Farm NR 🪶 🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #ukwildlife #naturephotography #birdwatching #wildlife #birdphotography #EastCoastKin
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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If you love gulls like we do, check out this @birdsandblooms.bsky.social article by @lvmke.bsky.social in which "readers share their favorite gull pictures that will give you a new appreciation for these birds. Just don't call them seagulls."
www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/bird...
#BirdSky #Gulls
21 Gull Pictures That Will Change How You Look at Them
Readers share their favorite gull pictures that will give you a new appreciation for these birds. Just don't call them seagulls.
www.birdsandblooms.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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thebirdsofamerica.bsky.social
Plate 144 - Small Green Crested Flycatcher (Acadian Flycatcher)

Illustrated by John James Audubon🪶
Print of a pair of Acadian flycatchers from Audubon's "The Birds of America." The pair perch high in a sassafras tree, the above individual sallies out to catch a passing insect.
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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ALL RUFFLED UP: A Steller's jay fluffs its feathers on a cold day in Anchorage, Alaska.

#birds #birding #nature #photography
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Long-eared Owl - another painting framed ready for my exhibition www.jamesmccallum.co.uk A tired migrant roosting on the edge of the saltmarsh after crossing the North Sea, Warham Greens, Norfolk 16th October 2025
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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"The weary youngster had spent a good bit of time collecting clams, dropping them at altitude on the rocks... The setting sun provided a nice catch light in its eyes." Read about Steve Heaslip's photo shoot with a Cape Cod #HerringGulll:
www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2...
#BirdPhotography #BirdArt
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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tinylongwing.bsky.social
Every Sharp-shinned Hawk I've ever seen looked like it was worried it left the stove on.

🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt
Rough digital drawing of a Sharp-shinned Hawk bust. The hawk is in profile. It is a complex mottled color of browns and grays, with a small hooked beak, round head, rufous tinting to the auriculars, and a huge bright yellow eye that makes it look worried. Its feathers are slicked back tight to the body indicating it is alert.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay

#standingOnThings

Hampton New Hampshire
Hawk standing on a stone wall with a chipmunk underneath it
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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This cormorant was #standing by the ferry terminal in Anacortes, WA. #birdoftheday #photography #nature #birds #PNW
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM